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CPP-1 Batches - XII, XII-P, XII-CSO

MATRIX - ADDITION SUBTRACTION, MULTIPLACATION

One option Correct Type Questions

LM3 4 OP and B = LM2 5OP then X such that A + 2X = B equals

1. If A =
N1 6Q N 6 1Q
L 2 3OP
(A) M
L 3 5OP
(B) M
L 5 2OP
(C) M
N1 0Q N1 0Q N1 0 Q (D) none of these

 cos 2  sin  cos    cos 2  sin  cos  

2. If A =   ; B=  
 sin  cos  sin 2    sin  cos  sin 2  
are such that, AB is a null matrix, then which of the following should necessarily be an odd integral

multiple of .
2
(A)  (B)  (C)  –  (D)  + 

1 1
3. The number of solution of the matrix equation X2 =   is
 2 3
(A) more than 2 (B) 2 (C) 1 (D) 0
1   1 1 1
4. A is a 2 × 2 matrix such that A  1 =  2  and A2  1 = 0 . The sum of the elements of A, is
       
(A) –1 (B) 0 (C) 2 (D) 5

FG 1 aIJ , then A (where n  N) equals

5. If A =
H 0 1K n

F 1 naIJ F 1 n aI 2
FG 1 naIJ FG n naIJ
(B) G
(A) G
H0 1 K H 0 1 JK (C)
H0 0 K (D)
H0 n K
6. If A, B and C are n × n matrices and det(A) = 2, det(B) = 3 and det(C) = 5, then the value of the det(A2BC–
1) is equal to

6 12 18 24
(A) (B) (C) (D)
5 5 5 5

7. Matrix A satisfies A2 = 2A – I where I is the identity matrix then for n  2, An is equal to (n  N)

(A) nA – I (B) 2n – 1A – (n – 1)I (C) nA – (n – 1)I (D) 2n – 1A – I

More than One option may Correct Type Questions

8. If AB = A and BA = B, then
(A) A2B = A2 (B) B2A = B2 (C) ABA = A (D) BAB = B

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9. If D1 and D2 are two 3 x 3 diagonal matrices when none of the diagonal element is zero, then
(A) D1D2 is a diagonal matrix (B) D1D2 = D2D1
(C) D12 + D22 is a diagonal matrix (D) none of these

LMa bOP (where bc  0) satisfies the equations x + k = 0, then

Nc d Q
10. If A = 2

(A) a + d = 0 (B) k = –|A| (C) k = |A| (D) none of these

Integer type Questions (2 digits)

11. If number of elements in matrix is 5462 then number of possible orders of matrix.

12. If |A| represents determinant of matrix A. If A, B, C are square matrix of order 3 × 3 such that
1 1
| A | , | B | 3, | C | then |2A|2BC| A–1| is :
2 12

ANSWER KEY
1. (D) 2. (C) 3. (A) 4. (D) 5. (A) 6. (B)
7. (C) 8. (A,B,C,D) 9. (A,B,C) 10. (A,C) 11. 45 12. 64

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CPP-2 Batches - XII, XII-P, XII-CSO

MATRIX - CHARACTERISTIC EQUATION, TRANSPOSE, TRACE

One option Correct Type Questions

a b 2
1. If A =  cd  satisfies the equation x – (a + d)x + k = 0, then

(A) k = bc (B) k = ad (C) k = a2 + b2 + c2 + d2 (D) ad–bc

 1 3 1 0
2. Given A = 2 2 ; I = 0 1 . If A – I is a singular matrix then

(A)    (B) 2 – 3 – 4 = 0 (C) 2 + 3 + 4 = 0 (D) 2 – 3 – 6 = 0

3. A and B are two given matrices such that the order of A is 3×4 , if A B and BA are both defined then
(A) order of B is 3 × 4 (B) order of BA is 4 × 4
(C) order of BA is 3 × 3 (D) BA is undefined

 4 6  1  2 4  3
4. Consider the matrices A =  3 0 2 ,B=  0 1 , C = 1  . Out of the given matrix productss
1  2 5    1 2  2
(i) (AB)TC (ii) CT C(AB)T (iii) CTAB and (iv) ATABBTC
(A) exactly one is defined (B) exactly two are defined
(C) exactly three are defined (D) all four are defined

5. If A and B are symmetric matrices, then ABA is

(A) symmetric matrix (B) skew symmetric
(C) diagonal matrix (D) scalar matrix
n
6. If A1, A3, ..... A2n – 1 are n skew symmetric matrices of same order then B =  (2r  1)(A 2 r 1 ) 2r 1 will be
r 1
(A) symmetric (B) skew symmetric
(C) neither symmetric nor skew symmetric (D) data is adequate

1 2 0  2  1 5
7. Let A + 2B =  6  3 3 and 2A – B =  2  1 6
  5 3 1 0 1 2
then Tr (A) – Tr (B) has the value equal to
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) none

More than One option may Correct Type Questions

8. Identify the correct statement in respect of two square matrices A and B conformable for sum and product.
(A) tr(A + B) = tr(A) + tr(B) (B) tr(A) =  tr(A),   R
(C) tr(AT ) = tr(A) (D) tr(AB)  tr(BA)

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9. D is a 3 x 3 diagonal matrix. Which of the following statements is not true?
(A) D = D (B) AD = DA for every matrix A of order 3 x 3
(C) D–1 if exists is a scalar matrix (D) none of these

10. Which of the following are false

(A) If A is an invertible 3 × 3 matrix and B is a 3 × 4 matrix, then A–1B is defined
(B) It is never true that A + B, A – B, and AB are all defined.
(C) Every matrix none of whose entries are zero is invertible.
(D) Every invertible matrix is square and has no two rows the same.

Integer Type Questions

 2 1  3 4  3  4
11. Let three matrices A =  4 1 ; B = 2 3 and C =   2 3  then


 ABC   A (BC) 2   A (BC)3 

tr(A) + tr   
+t 
   + ....... +  =
4  + tr  8 
 2  r   

12. If A2=3A–2l, and A8 = pA + qI, then p + q is ____ .

ANSWER KEY
1. (D) 2. (B) 3. (B) 4. (C) 5. (A) 6. (B)
7. (C) 8. (A,B,C) 9. (B,C) 10. (B,C) 11. (6) 12. (1)

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MATRIX - INVERSE AND ADJOINT

One option Correct Type Questions

x 3 2
1.
 
Matrix A = 1 y 4 , if x y z = 60 and 8x + 4y + 3z = 20 , then A (adj A) is equal to
2 2 z
 

 64 0 0   88 0 0   68 0 0   34 0 0 
(A)  0 64 0  (B)  0 88 0  (C)  0 68 0  (D)  0 34 0 
 0 0 64   0 0 88   0 0 68   0 0 34 

  1    1
2. Number of real values of  for which the matrix A =  2  1 3  has no inverse
  3   2   7 
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) infinite

0 1 2 1 / 2  1 / 2 1 / 2
3. If A = 1 2 3 , A–1 =   4 3 c  , then
3 a 1 5 / 2  3 / 2 1 / 2

1 1 1
(A) a = 1, c = – 1 (B) a = 2, c = – (C) a = – 1, c = 1 (D) a = ,c=
2 2 2

0 1  1 A
4. A is an involutary matrix given by A =  4  3 4  then the inverse of will be
 3  3 4  2

A 1 A
(A) 2A (B) (C) (D) A2
2 2

5. If K  R0 then det. {adj (KIn)} is equal to

(A) Kn – 1 (B) Kn(n – 1) (C) Kn (D) K

6. If every element of a square non singular matrix A is multiplied by k and the new matrix is denoted by B then |
A–1| and | B–1| are related as
1 –1
(A) | A–1| = k | B–1| (B) | A–1| = |B | (C) | A–1| = kn | B–1| (D) | A–1| = k–n | B–1|
k
where n is order of matrices.

7. If A is matrix such that A2 + A + 2I = O, then which of the following is INCORRECT ?

1
(A) A is non-singular (B) A O (C) A is symmetric (D) A–1 = – (A + I)
2
(Where I is unit matrix of order 2 and O is null matrix of order 2 )

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More than One option may Correct Type Questions

LM1 2 2 OP
8. Let A = M2 1 2 P , then the correct statement is
MN2 2 1PQ

1
(A) A2 – 4A – 5I3 = 0 (B) A–1 = (A – 4I3) (C) A3 is not invertible (D) A3 – 3A2 – 9A – 5I = 0
5

9. If A and B are 3 × 3 matrices and | A |  0, then which of the following are true?
(A) | AB | = 0  | B | = 0 (B) | AB | = 0  B = 0
(C) | A–1 | = | A |–1 (D) | A + A | = 2 | A |

10. If A and B are invertible matrices, which one of the following statements is/are correct
(A) Adj. A = |A| A –1 (B) det (A–1) = |det (A)|–1
–1
(C) (A + B) = B + A –1 –1 (D) (AB)–1 = B–1A–1

Integer Type Questions

11. A is matrix of order 3 × 3, such that det(A) = 1 then adj(2adj(3A)) = 2n.3mA then n =

12. A is matrix of order 3 × 3, such that det(A) = 1 then adj(2adj(3A)) = 2n.3mA then m =

ANSWER KEY
1. (C) 2. (D) 3. (A) 4. (A) 5. (B) 6. (C)
7. (C) 8. (A,B,D) 9. (A,C) 10. (A,B,D) 11. 2 12. 4

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MATRIX - NAMED MATRICES

One option Correct Type Questions

1. Which of the following is an orthogonal matrix

 6 / 7 2 / 7 3 / 7  6 / 7 2 / 7 3 / 7 
2 / 7 3 / 7 6 / 7   2 / 7 3 / 7 6 / 7 
(A)   (B)  
3 / 7 6 / 7 2 / 7  3 / 7 6 / 7 2 / 7 

 6 / 7 2 / 7 3 / 7   6 / 7 2 / 7 3 / 7 
 2/7 3/7 6/7   2 / 7 2 / 7 3 / 7 
(C)   (D)  
 3 / 7 6 / 7 2 / 7   6 / 7 2 / 7 3 / 7 

2. Which of the following statements is incorrect for a square matrix A. ( | A |  0)

(A) If A is a diagonal matrix, A–1 will also be a diagonal matrix
(B) If A is a symmetric matrix, A–1 will also be a symmetric matrix
(C) If A–1 = A  A is an idempotent matrix
(D) If A–1 = A  A is an involutary matrix

3. Which of the following is a nilpotent matrix

1 0 cos   sin   0 0  1 1
(A)   (B)   (C)   (D)  
0 1  sin  cos   1 0 1 1

 cos   sin  
4. For a given matrix A =   which of the following statement holds good?
 sin  cos  


(A) A = A–1   R (B) A is symmetric, for  = (2n + 1) , n I
2
(C) A is an orthogonal matrix for   R (D) A is a skew symmetric, for  = n ; n  I

5. P is an orthogonal matrix and A is a periodic matrix with period 4 and Q = PAPT then X = PTQ2005P will be equal
to
(A) A (B) A2 (C) A3 (D) A4

1 1
6. If both A – I and A  I are orthogonal matrices, then
2 2
(A) A is orthogonal (B) A is skew-symmetrix of even order
2 3
(C) A  I (D) None of these
4

7. If A is a non-diagonal involutory matrix, then

(A) A – I = O (B) A + I = O
(C) A – I is non-zero singular (D) None of these

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More than One option may Correct Type Questions

8. If B is an idempotent matrix, and A = I – B, then

(A) A2 = A (B) A2 = I (C) AB = O (D) BA = O

9. If C is skew-symmetric matrix of order n and X is n × 1 column matrix, then XTCX is

(A) singular (B) non-singular (C) invertible (D) non-invertible

10. A skew-symmetric matrix A satisfies the relation A2 + I = O, where I is a unit matrix then A is
(A) idempotent (B) orthogonal (C) of even order (D) odd order

Integer Type Questions

11. Let A be the set of all 3 × 3 symmetric materices all of whose entries are either 0 or 1. Five of these entries are
1 and four of them are 0. If n is the number of such matrices, then n/2 is ___.

 1 1 3
 5 2 6
12. Let A =   is nilpotent martix of order k, then k + 1 =
 2  1  3 

ANSWER KEY
1. (A) 2. (C) 3. (C) 4. (C) 5. (A) 6. (B)
7. (C) 8. (A,C,D) 9. (A,D) 10. (B,C) 11. (6) 12. (4)

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Paragraph (1-3)
 1 0 0 
Let A   1 0 1 satisfies A = A + A – I for n  3. And trace of a square matrix X is equal to the Sum
n n–2 2

0 1 0 
of elements in its principal diagonal. Further consider a matrix U with its column as U1, U2, U3 such that
33

1 0  0 
A 50U1  25  , A 50U2  1 , A 50U3 0  . Then answer the following question.
25  0   1
Then answer the following question.

1. The values of |A50| equals

(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) –1 (D) 25

2. Trace of A50 equals

(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 3

3. The value of |U| equals

(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) –1

Paragraph (4-6)
2 3
A A 1  f(x) g(x)  x x
If ea is defined as e A  I  A    ....    where A =   and 0 < x < 1, then I is an
2! 3! 2 g(x) f(x)  x x
identity matrix.
g(x)
4.  f(x) dx is equal to :
(A) log(ex + e–x) + c (B) log (ex – e–x) + c (C) log(e2x–1) + c (D) None of these

5.  (g(x)  1)sin xdx is equal to

ex e2 x
(A) (sin x – cos x)  c (B) (2 sin x – cos x)  c
2 5
ex
(C) (sin 2x – cos2x)  c (D) None of these
5

f(x)
6.  dx is equal to :
g(x)
1 2
(A) – cosec –1 (e x )  c (B) – sec –1 (ex )  c
x
2 e –1 e – e– x
x

1
(C)  s ec –1(e x )  c (D) None of these
2 e 2x – 1

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7. Match the column.
Column-I Column-II
n n–1
(A) (I–A) is if A is idempotent (P) 2 (I–A)
(B) (I – A)n is if A is involuntary (Q) I–nA
(C) (I – A)n is if A is nilpotent of index 2 (R) A
(D) If A is orthogonal, then (AT)–1 (S) I–A

8. Match the column.

Column-I Column-II
(A) If |A| = 2, then |2A–1| = (where A is of order 3) (P) 1
(B) If |A| = 1/8, then |adj(adj(2A))|=(where A is of (Q) 4
order 3)
2 2 2
(C) If (A + B) = A + B , and |A| = 2, then |B| = (R) 24
(where A and B are of odd order)
(D) |A2×2| = 2, |B3×3|=3 and |C4×4| = 4, then |ABC| is (S) 0
equal to
(T) does not exist / None
of above

ANSWER KEY
1. B 2. D 3B 4. A 5. B 6. C
7. A-s; B-p; C-q; D-r 8. A-q; B-p; C-s; D-t

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Single Option Correct Type Questions

sin2  0 0  cos2  0 0 
   
1. If A –1   0 sin2  0  and B –1   0 cos2  0  where , ,  are any real numbers
   
 0 0 sin2    0 0 cos2  
  
–5 –5 –1 –1 –3 –3 –2 –2 –1 –1
and C = (A + B ) + 5A B (A + B ) + 10A B (A + B ) then find |C|.
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 3

2. Identify the correct statement :

(A) If system of n simultaneous linear equations has a unique solution, then coefficient matrix is singular
(B) If system of n simultaneous linear equations has a unique solution, then coefficient matrix is non
singular
(C) If A–1 exists , (adjA)–1 may or may not exist
cos x  sin x 0 

(D) F(x) =  sin x cos x 0  , then F(x) . F(y) = F(x – y)
 0 0 0 

3; when ˆi  ˆj  det(adj(adj A)) 

3. Let A = [aij]3 × be such that aij = 
3 , then   equals : (where {.} denotes
0; ˆ
t j ˆ  5 
fractional part function)
2 1 2 1
(A) (B) (C) (D)
5 5 3 3

4. If A and B are two matrices such that AB = B and BA = A, then

(A) (A5 – B5)3 = A – B (B) (A5 – B5)3 = A3 – B3 (C) A – B is idempotent (D) A – B is nilpotent

5. Let M = [aij]3× 3 where aij  {–1, 1}. Find the maximum possible value of det (M).
(A) 3 (B) 4 (C) 5 (D) 6

6. Let A be an nth order square matrix and B be its adjoint, then |AB + KIn| is (where K is a scalar quantity)
(A) (|A|+K)n–2 (B) (|A| + K)n (C) (|A| + K)n–1 (D) None of these
–1
7. If P is non-singular matrix, then value of adj(P ) in terms of P is :
(A) P/|P| (B) P|P| (C) P (D) None of these

a b c   q –b y 
8. If and A   x y z  , B   –p a –x  and if A is invertible, then which of the following is not true ?
 
p q r   r –c z 
(A) |A| = |B| (B) |A| = –|B|
(C) |adj A| = |adj B| (D) A is invertible if and only if B is invertible

More then One Option Correct Type question

9. Let A and B are two non-singular square matrices, AT and BT are the transpose matrices of A and B,
respectively, then which of the following are correct ?
(A) BT AB is symmetric matrix if A is symmetric
T
(B) B AB is symmetric matrix if B is symmetric
T
(C) B AB is skew-symmetric matrix for every matrix A
(D) BT AB is skew-symmetric matrix if A is skew-symmetric

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10. The set of equations x – y + 3z = 2 , 2x – y + z = 4 , x – 2y + z = 3 has
(A) unique soluton only for  = 0 (B) unique solution for 8
(C) infinite number of solutions for  = 8 (D) no solution for  = 8

11. Which of the following statements is/are true about square matrix A of order n ?
(A) (–A)–1 is equal to –A–1 when n is odd only
n 2 n–1 –1
(B) If A = O, then I + A + A + …+A = (I – A) .
(C) If A is skew-symmetric matrix of odd order, then its inverse does not exist
T –1 –1 T
(D) (A ) = (A ) holds always

12. If A, B, and C are three square matrices of the same order, then AB = AC B = C. Then
(A) |A|  0 (B) A is invertible (C) A may be orthogonal (D) A is symmetric

Integer Type Questions

 1 0 0
13. Let A  2 1 0  , and U1 , U2 and U3 are columns of a 3 × 3 matrix U. If column matrices U1, U2, and U3
3 2 1
 1 2   2
satisfy AU1  0  , AU2 3  , AU3 3  . The value of |U| is ____ .
   
0  0   1

14. A and B are two square matrices. Such that A2B = BA and if (AB)10 = Ak  B10. Find the value of k – 1020.

15. Let An and Bn be square matrices of order 3, which are defined as :

2i  j 3i – j
A n  aij  and Bn  [bij ] where aij  2n and bij  2n for all I and j, 1  i, j  .
3 2
If l  Lim Tr. (3A1  32 A 2  33 A 3  ........  3n A n ) and
n
(l  m)
m  Lim Tr.(2B1  22 B2  23 B3  ..........2n Bn ), then find the value of
n 3
[Note : Tr. (P) denotes the trace of matrix P.]

ANSWER KEY
1. B 2. B 3. B 4. D 5. B 6. B
7. A 8. A 9. AD 10. BD 11. BC 12. ABC
13. 3 14. 3 15. 7

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Single Option Correct Type Questions

 1 2 3  0
1. Let A =  2 0 5  and b =  3  . Which of the following is true?
 
0 2 1  1
(A) Ax = b has a unique solution. (B) Ax = b has exactly three solutions.
(C) Ax = b has infinitely many solutions. (D) Ax = b is inconsistent.
r
2. If A and B are two non-singular matrices of the same order such that B = I, for some positive integer r > 1.
Then A–1 Br–1 A – A–1 B–1 A =
(A) I (B) 2I (C) O (D) –I

 i  j, i  j
3. If A  [aij ]22 where aij   2 then A–1 is equal to :
i – 2j, i  j
1 0 3  1 0 –3  1  0 –3  1 0 3 
(A)   (B)   (C)   (D)  
9 3 1 9 3 1  9  –3 –1 3 3 1

 x y –z 
4. Let matrix A   1 2 3  where x, y, z  N. If det. (adj. (adj. A)) = 28 . 34 then the number of such
 1 1 2 
matrices A is :
[Note ; adj. A denotes adjoint of square matrix A.]
(A) 220 (B) 45 (C) 55 (D) 110

5. If a is a 3 × 3 skew summertic matrix with real entries and trace of A2 equals zero, then :
(A) A = 0 (B) 2A = I (C) A is orthogonal (D) None of these

6. Let A be a square matrix such that A2 = I, then at least one of I – A and I + A is :

(A) singular (B) symmetric (C) skew symmetric (D) non-singular

7. Suppose A and B are two matrices. Let C, D, E be the matrices obtained by interchanging ith and jth rows
of A, B and AB respectively then :
(A) E = CD (B) E = CB (C) E = AD (D) None of these

8. Suppose A and B are two matrices. Let C, D and E be the matrices obtained by interchange ith and jth
columns of A, B and AB respectively, then :
(A) E = CD (B) E = CB (C) E = AD (D) None of these

More then One Option Correct Type question

9. Suppose a1, a2, ....... real numbers, with a1  0. If a1, a2, a3, ..........are in A.P. then
 a1 a2 a3 
(A) A = a4 a5 a6  is singular
a5 a6 a7 
(B) the system of equations a1x + a2y + a3z = 0, a4x + a5y + a6z = 0, a7x + a8y + a9z = 0 has infinite number
of solutions
 a ia2 
(C) B =  1  is non singular ; where i = 1
ia 2 a1 
(D) none of these

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10. If A and B are symmetric and commute, then which of the following is/are symmetric ?
–1 –1 –1 –1
(A) A B (B) AB (C) A B (D) None of these

11. Let A and B be two matrices different from I such that AB = BA and An – Bn is invertiable for some positive
integer n. If An – Bn = An+1 – Bn+1 = An+2 – Bn+2 , then
(A) I – A is singular (B) I – B is singular
(C) A + B = AB + I (D) (I – A) (I – B) is non-singular

12. If A and B are two orthogonal matrices of order n and det (A) + det (B) = 0, then which of the following
must be correct ?
(A) det (A + B) = det (A) + det (B) (B) det (A + B) = 0
(C) A and B both are singular matrices (D) A + B = 0

Integer Type Questions

13. Let A be a 2 × 3 matrix whereas B be a 3 × 2 matrix. If det. (AB) = 4, then the value of det. (BA), is :

14. Let a, b and c be three distinct real numbers and f(x) be a quadratic polynomial satisfying the equation :
 4a2 4a 1 f(–1)  2 
   3a  3a 
 4b2 4b 1  f(1)   3b2  3b 
 2    
 4c 4c 1 
 f(2)  3c 2  3c 
 
Let V be the point of local maximum of y = f(x) and A be the point where y = f(x) meets the x-axis and B be
a point on y = f(x) such that AB subtends a right angle at V. Find the area of the region lying between the
125
curve and chord AB is (unit)2 , then k is
k

15. Suppose A and B are two nonsingular matrices such that AB = BA2 and B5 = I, then A = I then find  – 29

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ANSWER KEY
1. A 2. C 3. A 4. C 5. A 6. A
7. B 8. C 9. ABC 10. ABC 11. ABC 12. AB
13. 0 14. 3 15. 2

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